...and ask for a Manila envelope, do you just get a plain envelope?

If you ask for French toast in France, do you just get toast?

What about Canadian bacon? Do you get crispy, thin sliced bacon when you order "Canadian bacon" on your pizza?

How about if I pay a girl in a Paris drinking establishment $50 for a "French ... no, I'd better not finish that.

The English say "to take French leave", the French "filer à l'anglaise"

The English say "french letter", the French say "capote anglaise".

The English say "full English breakfast", the French say "quelle horreur"

Are there any Canadian / American crossovers like that?

Yes, Americans say "Oh look, isn't that a beautiful baby seal?" the Canadians say "beat that lil' seal before it gets away!".

When French Fries became 'Freedom Fries' and French Toast became 'Freedom Toast', did the French people become 'Freedom People' and France, 'Freedonia?'

I was eating a pastry at our local Mall, when a woman walked up to me, and said "what do you call that pastry that you are eating in America" I told her that we call it an Elephant ear, she laughed and told me that in France it is known as "the heart of the French men".

Did that really ever happen, and where? I feel like that's some O'Riley BS.

The congressional cafateria.....

Bob Ney was one of the Freedom Fries congressmen. I wonder if he rued the name while he was in prison...

I thought they were "Petites Palmiers"--little palm leaves.

John

At the bakery:

The "Berliner" is a jelly filled donut. The "Amerikaner" is a small, round, frosted thing that tastes to me like wedding cake. But what Americans call a "Danish" is called a "Plunder".

"Französisch" is a sexual act that has nothing to do with kissing and cannot be bought at the bakery, as far as I know. "Spanisch" is also a sexual act, but I'm not sure what it is and I have never bothered to ask anyone. I'd ask my wife, but I'm sure she doesn't know. She doesn't read the same advertisements I do.